The Cat in the Blog
I'm so glad to be back here again Under the Tiki Hut. I've missed the ocean breezes, the drinks, and the cabana boys :)
And, of course, I've missed all of you!
Tell me what you've been doing while I wasplaying hard at work. Any important news I missed?
My goal while I was away was to immerse myself in my writing project. I did. And when I finish the chapter I'm currently working on, I will have accomplished what to me is an amazing 104 pages. I'm pretty sure I'll complete it on schedule now.
But that's not all I did. I may not have been chatting away with all of you, but I've been busy.
First, I've done a little blog work. I updated my profile and moved things around in the sidebar.
You may - or may not - recall me talking here a while back about my poet friend who sends me a new poem every day. I know . . . I find it totally amazing, too. Anyway, right before I went on break he sent me one about the Tiki Hut. I asked if I could permanently post it in the sidebar, and he said Yes! So you can read it, too. It's over to the right, at the top. It didn't format out as he wrote it - not sure what's going on between my fingers and the screen, but the words and the spirit are there.
Speaking of not formatting correctly ... not sure what happened with my photo either. I'll continue trying to get it to normal size. Maybe I forgot everything I knew about Blogger while I was away.
Wednesday we start a new round of guest bloggers. This time it will be their characters who visit Under the Tiki Hut. I'm looking forward to all these guest posts. I've read the first one. You'll like it!
And lest you're thinking all I did was keep my derriere glued to the chair ... not so. In the middle of my blog break - which turned into pretty much a break from Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, too, I attended MWA-U in New Orleans.
If one comes to your area - even if you don't write in the overall mystery genre - I highly recommend attending. Presentations are geared toward newer writers, but even if you're published, I guarantee your money won't be wasted. Presenting authors change depending on location. Ours were Jess Lourey, Vicki Stiefel, David Morrell, Julie Smith, Reed Farrel Coleman, and Hank Phillippi Ryan. The day offered a lot of interaction and great feedback.
Live-In Handyman tagged along and we took an extra day to enjoy The Big Easy.
This art gallery with Posing Cat was a block from our hotel:
And, of course, I've missed all of you!
Tell me what you've been doing while I was
My goal while I was away was to immerse myself in my writing project. I did. And when I finish the chapter I'm currently working on, I will have accomplished what to me is an amazing 104 pages. I'm pretty sure I'll complete it on schedule now.
But that's not all I did. I may not have been chatting away with all of you, but I've been busy.
First, I've done a little blog work. I updated my profile and moved things around in the sidebar.
You may - or may not - recall me talking here a while back about my poet friend who sends me a new poem every day. I know . . . I find it totally amazing, too. Anyway, right before I went on break he sent me one about the Tiki Hut. I asked if I could permanently post it in the sidebar, and he said Yes! So you can read it, too. It's over to the right, at the top. It didn't format out as he wrote it - not sure what's going on between my fingers and the screen, but the words and the spirit are there.
Speaking of not formatting correctly ... not sure what happened with my photo either. I'll continue trying to get it to normal size. Maybe I forgot everything I knew about Blogger while I was away.
Wednesday we start a new round of guest bloggers. This time it will be their characters who visit Under the Tiki Hut. I'm looking forward to all these guest posts. I've read the first one. You'll like it!
And lest you're thinking all I did was keep my derriere glued to the chair ... not so. In the middle of my blog break - which turned into pretty much a break from Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, too, I attended MWA-U in New Orleans.
If one comes to your area - even if you don't write in the overall mystery genre - I highly recommend attending. Presentations are geared toward newer writers, but even if you're published, I guarantee your money won't be wasted. Presenting authors change depending on location. Ours were Jess Lourey, Vicki Stiefel, David Morrell, Julie Smith, Reed Farrel Coleman, and Hank Phillippi Ryan. The day offered a lot of interaction and great feedback.
Live-In Handyman tagged along and we took an extra day to enjoy The Big Easy.
This art gallery with Posing Cat was a block from our hotel:
It's good to be back!
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Forgot to say that I'll be straggling around to your blogs at odd times for the next month or so. Gotta stay on top of my manuscript. So if you see posts from me at midnight, that's why.
Comments
Just returned from the James River Writer's Conference in Virginia. I gathered a lot of useful info for us new writers. A post on this will follow sometime next week (hopefully). In the meantime, I'll be polishing my MS., until it shines. An agent requested the first thirty pages and I want to make sure they are pristine before sending em off.
Again, welcome back. Looking forward to seeing you round the bloggersphere.
Okay, honestly, nothing new in my world. Love the cat and the poem. Glad you're back.
Love the picture of the cat in the window.
I'm looking forward to the upcoming guest posts, great idea to have the characters come and visit. Love the cat in the window! :)
LKage - You DO write fiction! LOL :)
Linda G - Thanks - glad to be here.
Joanne - Thanks!
L.G. - I'm glad about that, too.
I'm glad you had such a great time at the conference. Love the cat.
Anne - LOL! This is pretty much a free-speech blog :)
Talk to you soon under the hut!
As for me, I've been busy messing up my blog and my feeds. I think I forgot how blogger works too!
Donna v.
Holly - I'm going to mess with it again next weekend. Frustrating.
Janet - It is hard. And when you add real life to the mix, there's not much time left over.
Emily - Thanks. Nice to be back :)
Donna - Thanks.
Jo - I love cats, too, but I'm allergic. So the pane of glass was purr-fect!
Julie F - I love that poem. It express exactly what I want the Tiki Hut to be about.
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
Freelance Editing By Mason
I love the poem.
Congratulations on your writing! And it sounds like it was a great event.
Mason - Yes, it was a good break. Loved the kitty :)
Golden Eagle - Good to be back. The event was awesome.
And it's awesome that you got so much good stuff written. I had to slow down with blogging too so I could spend more time on my writing projects. I'm blogging once a week right now and posting an excerpt each time from the memoir I'm ghost writing for a friend. When you get a minute, stop by and take a look.
Keep writing!!
Ann Best, Author of In the Mirror, A Memoir of Shattered Secrets
Karen - Thanks!
Ann - I will get to your blog today or tomorrow.
Have you ever read "Confederacy of Dunces?" Old book but a fun study of New Orleans. Dated but still one of my favorites.
Manzanita@Wannabuyaduck
I'm attending my first writers' conference in November. Yay.
LR - Great about the conference! You'll have a wonderful time. Afterward you'll be energized and bone tired at the same time.
J.L. - Glad to be here!
I love the posing cat. Very classy. :)
You know what they say 'The first hundred...' - or maybe not :)
My cat grudgingly approves of your gallery cat btw. She thinks there should be more cats featured in blogs!
Shirley - I should have called the cat Classy Cat :)
Lyn - I'm with your cat...I think so, too!